Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-19
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-Absut twenty ave white uen and I0I
Cotnamen are employed IN this eaa-
nery, said Chief Eoginser JohH Forbes.
80 a P0E2-lxxxLtxaKScE1 reporter
: Tue cannery Is runring at its fall c.
paeify aad the expected yisia Of packed
salmon fer this season vii ano1nt %
something like $4,000 CASES. Mr..
OhaFies Thomas, representing w. i.
Coleman & Co., Of San Francisco, il
! prospecting along the kodiak Rlyef
fog q suitable location on whisb q
erect caHneFy.n
LAKE TO M DRATxKD.
j The contract has been awarded 10 Mr..
James Melville, Of this city, 10 drain
Crockeet's Lake, situated on WILDLY
, Island. . fee miles from Admiralty
Heads.
J A large quantity of tSenty inoh tiles
! suitable for anch p0Fpose has been
shipped np from Portland. and sent
across 10 the iaiand On scows. Wien
thts woFk is accomplished something
Hike 400 acres OF good land can then tie
br0nRhs undeF cultivation. Some years
ago an unsuccessful attempt vas made
70 drain this lake BY using wooden tiles.
After considerable expense a drain vas
dBally accomplished, but il Only lasted
short time. The tiles deeayed, which
prevented the flow of water from the
Ike, and very soon the plain was again
Inundated. Bat this time the work
will, without doabt, result satisfactorily.
ANoTHKR CONTRACT.
The Argus baildino IL being removed
from iis location on Water street osts
the county property near the Court.
Il hnuGa &7H NM he 49,. a.s
for the erection Of brick block on that
location. This 10 the third brick struo.
| tnFe IN osurse Of cree ion on Water
street. a large number Of dwellings
have been built this year In difsFent
parts Of the city.
PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES.
An election for city officers will b.
held on July l2lh. Already the several
candidates foroficial honers are quietly
maFshaling their forces for the ocoa.
sion. Jasl who aud how many will
contend fer the Msyoralsy ia not made
p0bIic. II ID gate Likely, however. that
the present incumbent viii contend
against member Of the City Council
for the executive chair. The City Mar
shalship is the most lucrative position
that the city has at lie disposal. An ex-
City Marshal will Gloss swords and
wage war for the bright var and daz-
King uniform AFFORDED BY that office.
That several changes will be made in
the Council is now apparent. Tue old
Coancll was elected on a reform ticket.
FouR-MlszED SHIP.
The ship General Gordon. which ar
rived last week, twenty three days from
San PedEo, presented an enhancing
view when Sue came into the hafbor.
The General Gordon is the FIRST four
uaasted ship that ever arrived in Town
send harb0T, and ths second on the
sound. the first one being the knight Of
st. Miohaels, which loaded lumber last
winter in Port Discovery for Melbourne,
carrying over l 200, 900 feet, the largest
cargo ever takes Oh one vessel from the
Sound, and even then she had no deck
losd. TIE General Gordon Was built
by MessFs. Lewis Downs d 90, her
present owners 81 Liverpool in 1886.
The ship is 265 feet long, 80 feet
breadth, aud the depth measures %
feet. Her ret tonnage is l64l tons.
/ Her first voyage was made last year
| from Liverpool TO Melbourne, when she
was loaded with cargo Of general mer-
| chandise. The vessel then proceeded
TO Ne~eastle, N. s. W., where a charter
vas secured to load coal for San Pedro.
Leaving the Colonies on January 22d.
1857, the ship arrived at Der destination
after a VI yaRe of seventy five days.
Twenty-six person s. including the crew,
comprise the ships company. Elegant
| apartments are fitted mp and tastefully
arranged for passenger Rccommoda-
tions. Captain Louis 4. Clayton has
commanded this vessel ever since she
was launched. He is q young man Of
iovial disposition. The General Gordon
will load lumber ct Port Ludlow for
MelbonFne, at s. p Sd per thousand
feet. She is expected TO carry about
!, 1000 feet.
THR LARGEST SHIP.
The British ship Palgrave, which was
recently in San Francisco, is the largest
sailing vessel ahoat, having four mssts
and measuring 322 feet in length. 492
feet in breadth and 25.4 feet in depth,
with q net tonnage of 1857 tons. she
was built by Hamilton Il Co., at GIss-
gov, Scotland, IN 1884. This vessel, il
shs has the carrying capacity OF lumber
THAI other vessels have in proportion,
could carry nearly two million, five hun
dred thousand feet of lumber.
THE MAEZANITA.
The United States lighthouse steam
tender Manzanita was In the harbor for
several days last week, having been far
nishing supplies to the various light
house stations on the Sound. The fol-
lowing 10 a Lisa Of her OH sers; Charles
Richardson, Captain; CHARLES Gregory,
First Officer; Edward Peak, Chief Ea-
gineeF; Walter Nudge, Assistan. Eagi-
neeF: Embgee, Inspector.
STRAY MOTIFS.
Over eight hundsed barrels are on
Uni0n Wharf consigned 10 the KillisnFo
Fisheries, Ia Alaska, from San Fan
CISCO. TIE casks will be sent up on the
next steamer, TO be filed With fish oil
and returned.
TIE Norwegian ship Nordstjernon has
discharged nearly two hundred thou
sand feet Of lumber on the Custom
House wharf. just what disposition
will be made OF this lumber 10 not de-
anitely known even by the master Of
the weasel.
MABISE EKws.
The Norwegian bark Carl Phil, s27
tons, has finished loading 432 600 feet
Of lnmber at BaFFAd'a Inlet for Baenos
Ayses. Tie tug Mogul left early yester
| day morning Tor the Inlet 10 toe tue
vessel to sea. The cargo Is carried for
G. l5s per thousand feet.
The steamer Riixa Anderson arrived
yesterday morning from Vancouver
With swenty-three passengers and q
good load OF freight for up Sound.
Eight Chinese came over also.
Ihe steamship Geo. W. Elder sailed
/ for San Francisco 81 3 o'clock yesterday
moTn uR, With tweniy-three passengers
| and considerable fFeigbt.
Ihe steamship Abyss MA viii finish
| discharRins her tea osrSo 81 Vancouver
today. and leave for Departure Bay q
| load coal. The steamer SArdaByx gill
| srrive at the former port today fTor1
/ Portland With Q liahi cargo for sklE-
/ nens to Yokehams oB the AbyssiRiA.
TIE Gillian ship Rosaiia. which 81
/ rfvad FReentiy fran the West IOAef